Mindful Interconnectedness: Seeing Beyond Personal Stress

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Amy Edelstein discusses the importance of systems thinking in managing stress for teens.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Amy Edelstein explains why she included the lessons on systems thinking in the Inner Strength Teen Mindfulness Program. Teaching students how to understand their experiences within larger systems, helps them manage stress by seeing interconnections across time and society rather than taking challenges personally. You'll learn why: • Teaching teens to think in context allows them to see how their current stressors connect to broader historical developm...

People in this episode

Host: Amy Edelstein

Topics covered

• mindfulness
• stress management
• systems thinking
• teen education
• interconnectedness

Keywords

• mindfulness
• stress
• systems thinking
• teens
• education
• interconnectedness
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Inner Strength Teen Mindfulness Program

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